Law 5110 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Treaty Of Rome, De Minimis, Public Service Obligation
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First paragraph: subsidies, taxes, investments (private market investor principle), loans (- -), sale or lease of land (- -) Selectivity must be shown has it benefited an undertaking (or class of undertakings) in some way that is not available to other undertakings. Concept of aid (see graham) no definition of state aid. There must be aid, benefit or advantage. It must be granted by a ms, through state resources in any form whatsoever. It must distort or threaten to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods. 107(2) tfeu: aid with social character, aid to make god damage by natural disasters, aid granted to economy of certain areas of former eastern germany. No definition but prohibition in first paragraph. Compulsory exception in second paragraph; non-compulsory exception in third paragraph. When does it have an effect on trade.
